2025:UHC:9951 SL. No . Dat e Office Not es, r epor t s, or der s or pr oceedin gs or dir ect ion s an d Regist r ar ’s or der w it h Sign at ur es COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS IA No.03 of 2025 (Compounding Application) In C-482 No. 443 of 2024 Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J. Mr. Pavan Kumar Nath, learned counsel for the Applicants. 2. Mr. S. S. Chauhan, learned D.A.G. assisted by Mr. Vikash Uniyal, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. Ms. Ruchika Negi, learned counsel for respondent no.2. 4. The present criminal misc. application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure filed on behalf of the Applicants, Praveen Rawat S/o Late Shri Janak Pal Singh Rawat, Smt. Sushila Devi W/o Late Shri Janak Pal Singh Rawat and Shri Laxman Singh Bisht S/o Late Shri Madan Singh Bisht against the Respondent in particularly Respondent no.2, Smt. Kanchan W/o Praveen D/o Shri Virendra Singh Bisht, who is the complainant; the present application comes with the prayer that the charge-sheet dated 22.03.2022, cognizance/summoning order dated 25.06.2022 as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.447 of 2022, titled as “State vs. Praveen Rawat & Others”, punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 & 506 of IPC and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Rishikesh, District Dehradun against the Applicants be quashed. 5. The Compounding Application (IA No.03 of 2025) is also annexed with the present application that is supported with the affidavits of the parties and the said application is being endorsed by the learned counsel for the Applicants and 2025:UHC:9951 Respondent no.2, Mr. Pavan Kumar Nath, Advocate and Ms. Ruchika Negi, Advocate respectively. 6. The Applicant no.1 is present physically and Respondent no.2 is present through V.C. before this Court, who are identified by their respective counsel. 7. After interacting with the parties especially with Respondent no.2, Smt. Kanchan (complainant), she makes a statement that since the parties have already got decided the proceedings under Dowry Prohibition Act pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Rishikesh on the basis of 13.09.2025, further the parties to the matrimony have also preferred the petition for mutual divorce; Since the parties have already entered into a compromise so arrived at between the parties, hence, the impugned charge-sheet as well as the impugned cognizance order may be quashed, whereas learned State counsel poses his formal objection in this regard. 8. In view of the principle of law laid down by Hon'ble the Apex Court in the case of “Gian Singh vs. State of Punjab” reported in 2012 (10) SCC 303 as well as in Transfer Petition (Criminal) No. 115 of 2012 (Dimpey Gujral vs. Union Territory of Chandigarh) decided on 06.12.2012, criminal proceedings can be quashed by this Court, if this Court is satisfied with the facts and circumstances of the case. 9. Keeping in view of the totality of the facts and circumstances of the case, this Court is of the view that ends of justice would be met, if the entire proceedings against qua the Applicants are hereby quashed. 10. In view of the above, the compounding application is allowed. The charge-sheet dated 22.03.2022, cognizance/summoning order dated 25.06.2022 as well as the entire proceedings of Criminal Case No.447 of 2022, titled as 2025:UHC:9951 “State vs. Praveen Rawat & Others”, punishable under Sections 498-A, 323, 504 & 506 of IPC and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, pending before the learned Judicial Magistrate, Rishikesh, District Dehradun against the Applicants, are hereby quashed. 11. The present Criminal Misc. Application u/s Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is, thus, disposed of in terms of the compromise arrived at between the parties. (Ashish Naithani, J.) 11.11.2025 Akash